October is National Physical Therapy Month, when the American Physical Therapy Association recognizes tens of thousands of ...

Stand with your feet hip-width apart and your arms at your sides. Keeping your left shoulder down, sweep your left arm out to ...

There’s a good chance you’re reading this while sitting down at your desk. Or lounging on your couch. Or withering away on a bus, a train, or a plane. (Hey, we’ve been there.) Flexibility exercises ...

Stretching your muscles is always important, but it becomes especially essential as you age and naturally lose some of your flexibility. If you’re looking to stay limber in middle age, stretching each ...

It's time for a body check: Are you hunched over a computer? Curled up on the couch? Looking down at your phone? We're all guilty of less-than-stellar posture. And as we get older, our bodies fall ...

Nobody likes a tight, achy lower back. It can make it uncomfortable to walk or even sit, and it can mess with our sleep, leaving us not only in pain, but grumpy to boot. Yet according to a June 2023 ...

Stretching isn’t exactly the most glamorous or exciting part of anyone’s fitness routine, but it is an important part. To maximize the time you spend getting long and loose, you want to do effective ...

Want to stay limber and pain-free as you age? If so, your workout routine should include stretches for flexibility. Building flexibility exercises into your workout routine is important, as it can ...

If your body is flexible, you’re likely to live longer than someone whose body and joints are tight and rigid, according to the first, large-scale study of the links between flexibility and mortality.

Stretching exercises can support your lower back and prevent pain by improving posture, reducing muscle tension, and ...

Confession: I hate stretching, and I haven’t been able to touch my toes in years. For a while, I shrugged off my lack of flexibility as a minor problem in the grand scheme of my overall fitness.